Alex Ferguson
Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBEis a former Scottish football manager and player who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is regarded by many players, managers and analysts to be one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 December 1941
CityGovan, Scotland
inspirational slippers alex
Everest in his slippers. That's what he was like.
inspirational player alex
I used to have a saying that when a player is at his peak, he feels as though he can climb.
inspirational challenges alex
My greatest challenge is not what's happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their f*****g perch. And you can print that.
inspirational wind alex
I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind.
football alex draws
I've never played for a draw in my life.
inspirational champion alex
Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.
expected expecting half
We weren't expecting them to play that long. We expected them to play half a game.
came clicked confidence great held second trying
We held well and they didn't have any great chances. It clicked because we got that second goal. Confidence came into the team, we were trying things and I thought it was good.
ability behind chelsea crowd game question start
The start of the game will be so important and we need the crowd behind us. The question is can we usurp Chelsea and make them think for a bit? I know we have the ability to do it - and I think everyone else does too.
agree charge conduct dog man violent
The violent conduct charge bemuses me because every man and his dog would agree it was not violent conduct,
irish massive roy situation
Roy is the same. There has been speculation that he is going to Celtic, that he has had a massive bust-up with me and that the Irish situation has been a problem. It hasn't been.
club dog feet good guide handle man opinion
Every man and his dog has an opinion on him. The good thing is that he has his feet on the ground. He is at the right club and we know he can handle it. We will guide him.
At one point, I thought it could end up 20-20,
composure final key third
Composure was the key and we lacked that in the final third tonight.